Does anyone think Azarenka will be able to defend her Australian Open title in January?

I think she can ; the Australian suits her game extremely well ; Victoria is an exceptional HC player but obviously it will be hard because I don't think she has ever defended a title that she had won the year before (needs to be verified). Now that she's in her prime probably things will/might change we'll see.

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Originally Posted by doomsday

Come on Vika fans, persecute him.

Are you other people really wasting time of Jimmie -- his bandwagonning and extreme stanning for Victoria is so fake it's not even particularly that funny to make a huge deal out of it. There's nothing to persecute really.

It's just funny now that Victoria has stated herself as/to be an all time great/entered her prime dude's like Jimmie pop out from nowhere these very same people who (constantly, consistently) criticized her, calling her whiner, cry-baby, mocking her retirements etc.

I'm not saying you can't change opinion but it's a little bit too easy like Jimmie to auto-proclaim one-self as the next Duke William of Normandy Illimulated-Vika-fan-deliverer of the Good Word via somekind of Anglican faux-Act of Supremacy when the machinery is well in place and half of the time before she was just their spitting-toy.

Good for him if he loves Victoria, it's unfortunate that it sounds so unreal that it doesn't even annoy or anything -- nothing to persecute, really.

I think she can ; the Australian suits her game extremely well ; Victoria is an exceptional HC player but obviously it will be hard because I don't think she has ever defended a title that she had won the year before (needs to be verified). Now that she's in her prime probably things will/might change we'll see.

Are you other people really wasting time of Jimmie -- his bandwagonning and extreme stanning for Victoria is so fake it's not even particularly that funny to make a huge deal out of it. There's nothing to persecute really.

It's just funny now that Victoria has stated herself as/to be an all time great/entered her prime dude's like Jimmie pop out from nowhere these very same people who (constantly, consistently) criticized her, calling her whiner, cry-baby, mocking her retirements etc.

I'm not saying you can't change opinion but it's a little bit too easy like Jimmie to auto-proclaim one-self as the next Duke William of Normandy Illimulated-Vika-fan-deliverer of the Good Word via somekind of Anglican faux-Act of Supremacy when the machinery is well in place and half of the time before she was just their spitting-toy.

Good for him if he loves Victoria, it's unfortunate that it sounds so unreal that it doesn't even annoy or anything -- nothing to persecute, really.

I think she can ; the Australian suits her game extremely well ; Victoria is an exceptional HC player but obviously it will be hard because I don't think she has ever defended a title that she had won the year before (needs to be verified). Now that she's in her prime probably things will/might change we'll see.

Are you other people really wasting time of Jimmie -- his bandwagonning and extreme stanning for Victoria is so fake it's not even particularly that funny to make a huge deal out of it. There's nothing to persecute really.

It's just funny now that Victoria has stated herself as/to be an all time great/entered her prime dude's like Jimmie pop out from nowhere these very same people who (constantly, consistently) criticized her, calling her whiner, cry-baby, mocking her retirements etc.

I'm not saying you can't change opinion but it's a little bit too easy like Jimmieto auto-proclaim one-self as the next Duke William of Normandy Illimulated-Vika-fan-deliverer of the Good Word via somekind of Anglican faux-Act of Supremacy when the machinery is well in place and half of the time before she was just their spitting-toy.

Good for him if he loves Victoria, it's unfortunate that it sounds so unreal that it doesn't even annoy or anything -- nothing to persecute, really.

I will kill you now. Vika has the mental toughness that Ana completely lacked, and moves better.

If Vika is half the competitor I think she is, she should be chomping at the bit for another shot at Serena after that US Open Final. As far as picking up more slams, really, she has a outstanding chance if Serena bows early--which I think there's a good chance of happening given her track record of injuries and inconsistency--and I think she can take Serena on hardcourt with a little more work on her serve and a little luck. Of course, Serena can take her, too.

But it's quite simple. Where Vika needs to go from here is to beat Serena in the late rounds of a major while holding onto the #1 ranking. Then, and only then, will the torch be passed.

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Q. In Wimbledon, Olympics, and US Open, you only lost to one player, Serena Williams. Coming to Beijing, do you feel...
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Before that, too, actually, in Madrid. (Laughter.)
Q. Coming to Beijing, do you feel maybe a little bit relieved that you don't see her in the draw?
VICTORIA AZARENKA: Not really, you know. First of all, it's not good to see any player get injured, you know, and not being able to play.
Second of all, I don't feel relieved because I like to, even though I never beat her ‑I mean, I beat her once but not recently‑ I would like to, you know, play again, and until I do, I want to play her every week.

edit: what's all this shit about bandwagoning. Everyone's a bandwagoner at some point. The more Vika fans the better.

Peak Azarenka is not scary or unplayable in the least and this form won't last forever. Part of her success is also due to the absence, injuries, and lack of form of others.

Yes, she played well at the start of the year but she beat Radwanska and Sharapova (players she already had good records against).

All it takes is Kvitova and Borz to get back into form and things suddenly shift regardless of what happened the previous year. I doubt she will have a better 2013, but TF always thinks a player's form and dominance will last forever and vice versa with slumps.

All it takes is Kvitova and Borz to get back into form and things suddenly shift regardless of what happened the previous year. I doubt she will have a better 2013, but TF always thinks a player's form and dominance will last forever and vice versa with slumps.

She still has a lot to prove. Serena is waiting.

Borz days of being a contender (if she even qualified as that back in the '10- '11 period) are well and truly over.

But yeah, Vuvuzenka's current form as taken A LOT of hard work to get to and I question how long she can keep it up for. And even at her very best, there's still players with bigger games, that pose much more of a danger when they're in-form.

Are you other people really wasting time of Jimmie -- his bandwagonning and extreme stanning for Victoria is so fake it's not even particularly that funny to make a huge deal out of it. There's nothing to persecute really.

It's just funny now that Victoria has stated herself as/to be an all time great/entered her prime dude's like Jimmie pop out from nowhere these very same people who (constantly, consistently) criticized her, calling her whiner, cry-baby, mocking her retirements etc.

I dare you to find a posting of mine where I have ever criticized Vika. I've always stood up for her, be it after the Bartoli match at the YEC or during the thing with Radwanska. This isn't even about Vika, it's about your hatred of Caro and her fan base, that's why you're attacking me.

Don't get me wrong, I don't give a shit whether you validate me or not but blatantly smearing me with wrongful accusations is nothing I will take without setting the record straight.

I won't debate Borz in here, but she's not at her best and everyone knows she can bring a higher level to the table. Everything shifts over the course of a career and all it takes is one big win to turn things around.

Anyway, back to the point. We already KNEW Azarenka can beat up on Martha and Agatha.

Do we know that this current Azarenka can beat an IN-FORM Kvitova? No. Part of this is Kvitova's fault for being local all year but it's still a valid question.

For all the credit that Azarenka gets, she played Serena in 3 big matches this year and only won 1 set. Embarrassed in Madrid F, played 1 tight set at Wimbledon, and almost won the USO(still worrying because Azarenka played well and Serena played mediocre including her serve).

All she did this year was beat the players she was supposed to. She still hasn't beaten the players who we've seen reduce her to the weaponless joke she is.

Peak Azarenka is not scary or unplayable in the least and this form won't last forever. Part of her success is also due to the absence, injuries, and lack of form of others.

Yes, she played well at the start of the year but she beat Radwanska and Sharapova (players she already had good records against).

All it takes is Kvitova and Borz to get back into form and things suddenly shift regardless of what happened the previous year. I doubt she will have a better 2013, but TF always thinks a player's form and dominance will last forever and vice versa with slumps.

She still has a lot to prove. Serena is waiting.

Well said.

I was starting to think logic and perspective were being lost amongst the current results.